May 6 th – 2016 REF Educator Impact Award nominations due. Completed applications can be dropped off in the RHS main office. This is your chance to help us recognize the noteworthy contributions of an educator who consistently goes above and beyond to make RHS a great place for our students.

May 9 th – all RHS Student Board Member applications due

May 13 th – RMS Schools To Watch Celebration (we were one of only 6 schools in PA to receive this designation!). There will be music, guest speakers and a banner presentation. RMS 1:45-2:30

May 21 st – Viva Radnor dinner party at the Gransons. Spots still available – call 610.688.8100×6

May 25 th – Outward Bound High Ropes for our RHS Student Ambassadors – this is our first grant funded by our Student Directed Fund (which was funded by the proceeds of past Wizards events)

Radnor Educational Foundation has a lot happening this spring! Stay tuned on our Facebook page for up to date announcements and check here on the website for more detailed descriptions of grants and events.

APRIL 21 : Candyce Wilson honored as Wayne Business Association Community Service Award recipient at the Wayne Art Center

Radnor Educational Foundation recently funded the Ithan Elementary Rain Garden in conjunction with the Delaware River Keepers. It is so exciting to see a grant in action.

Want to get involved with this project?Volunteers are needed between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 17, for any hours available. Contact John Nystedt john@delawareriverkeeper.org by Oct. 10. Pizza will be provided for lunch. Please bring a trowel and shovel if you have one. Many will be provided.

THE WIZARDS ARE COMING! Join us Saturday, November 7 at 4pm for “One Team, One Dream II” as the RADNOR RAIDER ALL STARS play the Harlem Wizards in an epic rematch. All seats $15. Tickets available online now at www.harlemwizards.com by clicking on BUY TICKETS and finding our game date on the Wizards event calendar. Hurry – this event sold out early last year. You’ll be glad you came!

Candyce Wilson will complete her three year tenure as President on June 30. Candyce began her volunteer service with REF as a member of the grants committee when her two sons were students at Wayne Elementary School, and later served as the committee chair. She also chaired REF’s annual gala.

Under Candyce’s guidance, REF has more fully realized its mission to enrich the educational experience and encourage innovative opportunities for RTSD students. REF has granted funds in a wide range of new areas, including social and emotional wellness, digital and distance learning, environmental sustainability, and a recently launched community internship program for Radnor High School students.

Thanks to Candyce’s leadership, REF increased fundraising, granting in excess of $100,000 in the first year of her presidency, an over fifty percent increase over the previous year. REF has continued to grant over $100,000 annually for the past three years, a significant achievement for a foundation serving a district of Radnor’s size. Candyce will continue to serve on the REF board in 2015-16 as past president. Current treasurer Gretchen Anderson will be REF’s next President.

REF is proud to have students from RHS serve on our board of trustees. This year we are seeing two of our members graduate.
Wyly Anderson has been on the board for two years and will be heading off to Princeton. He has been a very involved student and Radnor and we know he will do great things in his college career.

Natalie Beers was also a very involved student while at RHS. From the Crew Team to the band and Meistersingers and Madrigals she enjoyed it all. Natalie has a love of sailing and we know she is going to sail off to her college career at the College of William and Mary and be a great success.
We thank them both for their time and dedication to being a part of REF

On May 28th, REF sponsored an evening of Cultural and Culinary Delight at the Wayne Art Center. Guests were given a guided tour through the Plein Air Festival by one of the award winning artists and then participated in a five station culinary workshop and dinner. Special thanks to hosts Chelsea Anderson and Kim Hannum for putting together such a fabulous and delicious night!

The Radnor Educational Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary at its annual Gala on February 7, 2015 at St. Davids Golf Club. Over 200 guests, including Radnor school parents, school board members, administrators, teachers and sponsors turned out for Charting the Course. This year’s event showcased the talents of Radnor students, including theme artwork created by students in the Radnor High School art program and a video created by student
members of RadTV. Members of Radnor High School’s jazz ensemble and the cast of The Sound of Music provided entertainment. Guests participated in a silent and live auction, in addition to the event’s signature Radnor Mystery Box raffle, featuring a chance to win a seven day cruise for two. Proceeds from the event will be directed to the record $114,000 in grants REF plans to award during 2014-2015.

For more than eight years, Joy Antonoplos served as the Executive Director of the Radnor Educational Foundation, guiding it through its formative years and helping to create a strong and sustained granting organization that has impacted the lives of countless Radnor Township School District students. Joy recently received an opportunity to move to the next level in her career and has left the Foundation to pursue this position. The Board of Directors gratefully thanks Joy for her years of dedicated service to forwarding REF’s mission and for her immeasurable contributions that have allowed REF to build for the future and invest in Radnor excellence.

Radnor Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that Dana Ott has been hired as Foundation Administrator beginning June, 2014.
A former middle and high school math teacher, Dana brings her passion for public education to her new role. She will oversee grants administration and work with our community of volunteers, parents, teachers and administrators to further the Radnor Educational Foundation’s mission. Dana has three children in RTSD schools and has been an active volunteer for the Wayne Elementary School PTO, as well as for several charities in our local community.